NQ Solicitor - Employment Law

The Portfolio Group Inc.; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Portfolio Group is working with a growing Manchester City Centre law firm to recruit a Newly Qualified Solicitor with Employment Law experience. You’ll join an expanding advisory team, handling a diverse caseload and advising businesses across various sectors.

You will own your cases, provide practical legal advice, and benefit from ongoing professional development within a supportive team committed to your career progression.

Qualifications

• Newly Qualified Solicitor with experience in Employment Law.
• Strong understanding of UK employment legislation and procedures.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to advise clients directly.
• Commercial awareness with a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Proactive and ambitious with drive to develop legal expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercially focused employment law advice to business clients.
• Advise on disciplinary matters, grievances, discrimination, redundancies and TUPE.
• Draft, review and negotiate settlement agreements and related documentation.
• Respond to pre-litigation correspondence and advise on potential legal risks.
• Gain exposure to wider commercial and civil law matters including contracts and data protection.
• Manage own caseload and build strong client relationships.
• Provide practical, solution-focused advice via telephone and email.

Skills

Newly Qualified Solicitor

Employment Law

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Law degree / LPC

Job description

NQ Solicitor - Employment Law

Location: Manchester City Centre
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Experience: Newly Qualified Solicitor (NQ)

The Opportunity

Are you a Newly Qualified Solicitor with experience in Employment Law, looking to develop your career within a dynamic and commercially focused legal environment?

The Portfolio Group is exclusively partnering with a growing, forward-thinking law firm in Manchester City Centre to recruit a talented Solicitor to join its expanding legal advisory team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious NQ Solicitor to gain exposure to a diverse range of employment and commercial law matters, working directly with businesses across a variety of sectors.

You'll take ownership of your own caseload, provide practical legal advice and benefit from ongoing professional development within a supportive and experienced team.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide commercially focused legal advice to business clients on a range of employment law matters.
• Advise on complex employment issues including disciplinary matters, grievances, discrimination, redundancies and TUPE.
• Draft, review and negotiate Settlement Agreements and associated legal documentation.
• Respond to pre-litigation correspondence and advise clients on potential legal risks.
• Gain exposure to wider commercial and civil law matters, including contractual disputes, restrictive covenants and data protection.
• Manage your own caseload, building strong relationships with clients and ensuring matters are progressed efficiently.
• Provide practical, solution-focused advice via telephone and email.

What We're Looking For

• Newly Qualified Solicitor with experience in Employment Law, ideally gained through a training contract or previous legal role.
• Strong understanding of UK employment legislation and legal procedures.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to advise clients directly.
• Commercial awareness and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A proactive, ambitious individual keen to develop their legal expertise.

Why Apply?

This is a fantastic opportunity to establish your legal career within a growing, commercially focused law firm where you'll be given genuine responsibility from the outset.

You'll benefit from:

• Exposure to a varied and interesting caseload.
• Direct client contact and the opportunity to develop your advisory skills.
• Ongoing training, mentoring and career development.
• Opportunities to broaden your expertise across employment, commercial and civil law.
• A collaborative and supportive legal team.
• Genuine opportunities for long-term career progression.

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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.